Convertible table and settee.



B. KATZENBERG.

CONVERTIBLE TABLE AND SETTEE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 1908.

Patented May 18, 1909.

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BERTHOLD KATZENBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONVERTIBLE TABLE AND SETTEE.

Application filed November 30, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTHOLD KATZEN- BERG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Tables andSettees, of which the follor-aing is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates more particularly to an article of furniturewhich is adapted for use as a table or which may be made to answer thepurpose of a seat.

Heretofore, in hotels, restaurants and. the like it is necessary toprovide a dining room which is used for no other purpose as it is notconvenient or practicable to remove tables from the room. This resultsin the employment of valuable space for single purpose, andparticularlyso in manyof the larger ho tels, but which might be utilizedfor the convenien cc of guests and for other purposes if-it werepossible to readily convert the space thus occupied to adapt it forother than dining purposes.

The primary object of the invention is to overcome the objectionablefeatures referred to and to utilize the space of dining rooms very oftenuseless for a large part of the time, and to permit the room thusoccupied to be utilized for other purposes than simply serving meals,and to provide an article of furniture which may be utilized as a tablefor dining or like purposes, and which may be rear ily converted into anattractive article of furniture to serve as a settee or as a number ofseats arranged around a central part which ordinarily serves as the mainstandard or support when the article is used as a table.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and easilyconstructed article of furniture which may be converted and utilized fordifferent purposes, which may be made very attractive either as a tableor when converted into another article, and which is so constructed thatthe conversion from one article into another may be readily made.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out inthe claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sec tion, partly in elevation,of one form of device embodying my invention, showing the Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Serial No. M55390.

same when used as a table. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly insection, of the device when employed as a settee or like article; andFig. 3 is a detail plan View of the detachable base.

The base 10 may be variously constructed and may comprise a main bracketor metallic member 11 from which project a plurality of legs or feet 12which may be secured by screws or otherwise to the bracket member 11.The bracket member 11 may be provided with an upwardly-extending flange13 forming an annular chamber which may be extended so as to be inclinedor taperin by means of the upright parts 14 of said brac t, andcentrally of the member or base 10 and extending upwardly therefrom is apost or part 15 which may project some distance above the base 10. Asupport, pillar, or upright 16 may have a recess 17 in one end thereofin which the post 15 is adapted to fit, and said post may have a reducedpart 18 which is adapted to fit a slot or recess 19 for the purpose ofholding the support or upright 16 from rotary movement within the base.This support 17 may be tapered so as to fit neatly within the chamberformed in the base member 11 and be properly sup ported between thesides of said member about the central post or device 15 so that thesaid support may be readily removed or placed in position.

The support 16 is provided with a head 20 having a table portion 20 ofany desired form, and on one side of the table portion may be arranged acorrespondingly shaped seat art 21 to which the table portion may beheild and properly supported while in use. The support 16 may beprovided with a recess or opening 22 in the end opposite the recess 17,and this recess may be provided with a smaller recess or slot 23 wherebythe support may be removed from the base 10 and the post 15 and thetable portion made to fit over the post so as to rest upon the legs orfeet 12 as shown in Fig. 2 when it is desired to convert the table intoan article serving as a settee or for seats in which the support 16 maybe made to serve as a back and as an ornament. -W hen used as a tablethe opening 22 may be closed by a cap or cover 24 of any desired form orcharacter, and when the article is employed as shown in Fig. 2 a similarform of cap or a plug, as 25, may be employed to close the opening andserve as an ornament therefor, the latter being ad apted to support avase or other ornament. The support 16 as well as the part 21 may beupholstered or covered, as by the material 26, to not only make thedevice attractive, but also to be comfortable when used as a seat or forlike purposes.

As will be seen when the support 16 is in the position shown in Fig. 1,a table is pro vided, and when it is desired to convert the table intoanother article, the table may be made to rest upon the feet 12 of thebase 10 as shown in Fig. 2, thus serving as a settee or other article,which is not only attractive in appearance, but serves as a usefularticle of furniture.

It will be understood that the parts 20 and 21 may be made integral andthat the form or shape of the article may be varied as desired, and thatif desirable or necessary the base 10 may be covered with material tomake the same attractive, and also to prevent the table face from beingscratched when placed in the position shown in Fig. 2, and that the part21 of the head 20 may be divided off into a number of separate seats.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a very useful and attractivearticle of furniture is provided which may be employed as a table or asa settee or similar article that said device may be quickly and readilyconverted from one article to another so that space ordinarily used forone purpose may be utilized for other purposes, and that said articlewill cost little if any more than either one of the articles for whichit is adapted to be used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. An article of furniture, comprising a base, a postprojecting upward from said base, a reversible support provided with arecess in its upper and lower surfaces, each adapted to receive thepost, whereby a table is provided in one position of the support and aseat in the reversed position thereof.

2. An article of furniture comprising a base,'areversible support, meanson the upper and lower surfaces of said support for removably mountingthe same on said base, whereby a table is provided in one position ofthe support and a seat in the reversed position thereof.

3. An article of furniture comprising a base, a reversible support,means onthe upper and lower surfaces of said support for removablymounting the same on said base whereby a table is provided in oneposition of the support and a seat in the reversed position thereof, andmeans for holding said support in either position against rotarymovement.

4. A convertible table and settee, comprising a base having feet, and abracket to which the feet are secured, a post projecting upward of saidbase centrally of the bracket, a support having a recess adapted to fitover the post and having a connection with the post whereby said supportis held against rotary movement, said support having a recess oppositethe other recess and in line therewith, and a head having a tablesurface on one side and a seat surface on the other,

whereby said head by inverting the support 7 base, a support adapted tofit over the post and be detachably held thereto, and a head having atable surface on one side and a seat surface on the other.

7. An article of furniture, comprising a base having feet, a postprojecting upward from said base centrally of the bracket, a detachablyheld support having a recess adapted to fit over the post and having aconnection with the post whereby said support is held against rotarymovement, said support having a recess opposite the other recess and inline therewith, and a head having a table surface on one side and a seatsurface on the other, said seat surface and the support beingupholstered for the purpose described.

8. An article of furniture, comprising a base having feet, and a bracketto which the feet are secured, a post projecting upwardfrom said basecentrally of the bracket, a

support having a recess at one end adapted to fit over the post and bedetachably held thereto, said support having a recess opposite the otherrecess, a head having a table surface on one side and a seat surface onthe other, and a device for closing the outer end of either of therecesses, according to the position of the support and head. Thisspecification signed and witnessed this 27th day of November A. D. 1908.

' BERTHOLD KATZENBERG. Witnesses:

W. A. TOWNER, Jr., E. KRANOER.

